Elite: Dangerous Players Have Finally Found Aliens
Pilots have made first contact with large alien vessel. After years of teases and winks and hints throughout the Elite: Dangerous universe, players are today reporting that they’ve finally made “first contact” with aliens in the game. And they are big. Source: Elite: Dangerous Players Have Finally Found Aliens
Star Wars: The Force Accounted
Screen-time for force usage has been tabulated out for the first 6 movies of Star Wars. To determine the amount of force used they counted screen-time of clear force usage. Check out that stats down below at the link. http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-star-wars-the-force-accounted/?imm_mid=0de856&cmp=em-data-na-na-newsltr_2016010
Explorable Enterprise D in Unreal 4 Engine
This video highlights an in-progress look at an accurate recreation of the Galaxy class starship Enterprise D from Star Trek: The Next Generation. Edit: The original video has been taken down. Replaced with a mirror. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l28KDuRrPYU You can learn more about the project at this link http://www.enterprise3dproject.com/.
Battlefield 4 – Night Operations Release
The long awaited release for Battlefield 4 has come out today with the patch announcement for Battlefield 4: Night Operations. This update takes maps most BF4 players are familiar with and turns them upside down with a new tactical twist. I’m looking forwards to using the new gameplay element for...
How the First 15 Minutes of Half-Life 2 Establishes Mechanics and Story
Much like in the cinematic world, the first 15 minutes are crucial for establishing the rules, tone, and story of video games. This video analyzes one of the pinnacles of gaming: Half-Life 2 and how it effectively uses the initial moments of the game to teach the player about the mechanics...
Star Wars Battlefront Teaser Trailer
Just released is the Star Wars Battlefront trailer. DICE is producing this game for November 17, 2015. Pre-order here.
Run Android apps on Windows or Mac in the Chrome Browser
Well this is exciting news. Instead of using an emulator like Genymotion we now have the ability to run APK files in chrome by using the ARC Welder app. Right now there are some limitations like only one app being able to load at a time. This can be mitigated...
Sleeping Dogs – Bringing Hong Kong to Games
Sleeping Dogs brings the open world action-adventure that is similar to games such as Grand Theft Auto and other crime related series. What sets apart Sleeping Dogs from the competition is its unique environment. Set in Hong Kong, the game really captures the look, sounds, and feeling of the...
Skyrim – On Drugs
Having not personally taken psychedelics I can only imagine this is what it must feel like sometimes if I were living in the Skyrim world while on some Skooma.
Portal 2 – Selfie
Valve is known for the silent protagonists and we truly enjoy and appreciate these characters who never appear to speak for themselves. Although separated from society, Chell still manages to keep up with popular culture and has snapped her own selfie, courtesy of Aperture Science’s Portal technology.
